That's the type of solution I had hoped for and it seems to work in my tests so far (the : seemed to cause a problem, but without it it worked well).
Thank you very much. Helmut Doll. On Oct 13, 2005, at 6:28 PM, Bobby Hartsfield wrote: > It seems like xls would be able to fix that for you without having > to change > anything but here is a regex just the same... > > Ill haven't tested this yet... but it looks right. > > rereplacenocase(str, "(<.*?>)", "\L\1:", "all") > > str = your xmlSTRING (not xmlparsed data) > > xmlparse it AFTER you run the rereplace > > > ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. > Bobby Hartsfield > http://acoderslife.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Helmut Doll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 4:00 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Changing tag case > > The data comes from different sources and is submitted to the CF app. > I am currently doing a search and replace that changes individual > tags when I notice a problem, but that is not scalable. > I am looking for a (maybe regular expression) solution (it has to be > in cf), that would find all xml tags in a file and make them lower > case. > > Thanks for the suggestion, > > Helmut Doll > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Oct 13, 2005, at 3:33 PM, Justin D. Scott wrote: > > >>> I need to parse and search xml data using coldfusion >>> where tags are not always using the same case. (i.e. >>> sometimes <improvements> and sometimes <Improvements>. >>> While parsing is case-insensitive, xmlsearch is not. >>> >>> Is there a search and replace that would convert all >>> tags to lowercase letters? >>> >>> >> >> Is there a reason for the inconsistency? Is this data used by any >> other >> applications? If not, I would just run a search and replace on the >> file >> outside of CF to make them all lowercase. Then it becomes a non- >> issue for >> CF and will save you a lot of time. >> >> If you do have to keep the source data the same, but need to walk >> through >> the tags within CF, you can output the XML object as a string into a >> variable, S&R on that variable using CF's functions to get the tags >> to lower >> case, and finally read it back into an XML object again. >> >> >> -Justin Scott >> >> >> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220971 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
